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Correspondence between E E Kitchener and George Soper Cansdale regarding an exchange of animals with the Zoological Society of London

Letter regarding an order of 4 Pythons, 6 Bengal Monitors and 50 Rhesus Monkeys by the Zoological Society of London

Letter from J Lang of the Manchester branch of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, to William Lutley Sclater regarding the feeding of snakes at the Zoological Society of London

Letter from F Lawrence, honorary secretary of the Church Society for the Promotion of Kindness to Animals, to Peter Chalmers Mitchell regarding an article in the Daily Chronicle about the treatment of animals in the zoo

Correspondence regarding the offer of a Cheetah to the Zoological Society of London

Letter regarding a request for animals from Dunkwa for the Zoological Society of London

Correspondence between G Lawson and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding the transit of living specimens from India

Letters from Henry Lawson to Philip Lutley Sclater requesting a list of the animals at the gardens of the Zoological Society of London

A ledger containing listings of animals at Belle Vue Zoo, giving date of arrival, supplier, price, species, sex, condition, and disposal (sale/exchange/died/gift/loan). New animals added from 1960-1971, but animals that arrived earlier and were still living in the zoo are listed too, going back to 1938

Letter from W B Legros to David William Mitchell regarding a present sent by the Zoological Society to Colonel Bonford and an assurance that Colonel Bonford has in his care the animals gifted by the late Viceroy of Egypt to the Zoological Society of London. Also thanks from Mr Murray for a copy of 'Views'